Government

Ipsos's weekend telephone poll shows that the public are increasingly distrustful of David Cameron, Sir Menzies Campbell and Gordon Brown. While Tony Blair's trust rating is virtually unchanged from September 2006, the percent of people rating Cameron 'not trustworthy' has increased 17 points. Campbell sees a similar 'not trustworthy' increase of 11 points, and Brown of 10 points. This is the lowest rating yet for Gordon Brown, and means he will start as Prime Minister with a lower trust rating than Blair had after three years as Prime Minister.

Ipsos's latest survey, conducted immediately after Tony Blair's announcement of his intention to resign as Leader of the Labour Party, assesses the public's attitudes towards ten years of government by the Labour Party.

Ipsos's latest survey for The Sun shows an increase since 2001 in the proportion of the population thinking the current Labour government is 'more sleazy' than the previous Conservative government under John Major.

The latest monthly Ipsos poll for The Sun examined public attitudes to the main two party leaders plus Gordon Brown and how these relate to attitudes towards the Labour and Conservative parties.

The general public would like to see the reform of political party funding bringing about greater controls on the influence from the affluent few and reinvigoration of local politics, according to deliberative research carried out by Ipsos on behalf of the Electoral Commission. This report outlines the findings from five deliberative workshops across the UK, and a further reconvened workshop which enabled the debate to be developed. The report will feed into Sir Hayden Phillip's Review of the Funding of Political Parties.

Gordon Brown has been rated the most successful post-War Chancellor in an exclusive Ipsos poll of nearly 300 academics belonging to the Political Studies Association (PSA).

Gordon Brown has a clear lead over John Reid as being seen as the most capable Prime Minister and in understanding Britain's problems according to the latest Ipsos poll for The Sun.

Research conducted by Ipsos for the Young Foundation shows that the British public believe political parties have an important role to play in democracy. Half the public (49%) say that political parties in Britain enable the people to have a voice; and a similar number also disagree that Britain would be better off if political parties did not exist and all politicians were independent. At the same time, fewer than a quarter believe that parties are open and transparent, and the most popular approaches to making parties more appealing would be for them to involve people more in local decision making and for them to listen more to the public.

Information about public perception of party leaders: satisfaction, attitudes towards them, their image